Alou Diarra retained his place in central midfield despite competition from the fit-again Yann M'Vila, while Samir Nasri looked set to adopt a central playmaking role after his man-of-the-match turn in the 1-1 draw with England.

After claiming both goals in Ukraine's opening 2-1 victory over Sweden in Kiev, national icon Andriy Shevchenko held on to his place up front alongside former Liverpool striker Andrei Voronin.

Despite having hinted that he might make changes to his starting line-up, Ukraine coach Oleg Blokhin kept faith with the 11 players who started in the win against Sweden.

Starting line-ups for the Euro 2012 Group D match between Ukraine and France at Donbass Arena here on Friday: